Year: 2010

Director: Darren Aronofsky

A committed dancer wins the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" only to find herself struggling to maintain her sanity.

❝The only person standing in your way is you. It's time to let her go. Lose yourself.❞

❝I felt it. Perfect. I was perfect.❞

❝You could be brilliant, but you're a coward.❞

❝What happened to my sweet girl? [...] She's gone!❞

❝I just want to be perfect.❞

❝She walked into the street and got hit by a car. And you know what? I'm almost sure she did it on purpose. Because everything Beth does comes from within. From some dark impulse. I guess that's what makes her so thrilling to watch. So dangerous. Even perfect at times, but also so damn destructive.❞

❝I can't? I'm the Swan Queen, you're the one who never left the corps!❞

❝It's about a girl who gets turned into a swan and she needs love to break the spell, but her prince falls for the wrong girl so she kills herself.❞

❝Wait... did you have some sort of lezzy wet dream about me? Oh my God? Oh my God! You did! You fantasized about me! Was I good?❞

❝Perfection is not just about control. It's also about letting go. Surprise yourself so you can surprise the audience. Transcendence! Very few have it in them.❞